Fiona Graybill- How USA Gymnastics keeps unraveling-- even after Larry Nassar

Following the prison sentence of Larry Nassar for the abuse of young gymnasts, the expected dip in coverage about scandals involving USA Gymnastics has taken a turn and has been unraveling like a ball of yarn. Former CEO of USA Gymnastics, Steve Penny, was in his position during the time many of the Nassar accusers claim to have been molested by Nassar. Just last month, Penny was accused of tampering with evidence regarding the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal and now faces up to 10 years behind bars with his subordinate. Penny's arrest is not the only charge facing former employees of USA Gymnastics. Former trainer, Deborah Van Horn was charged this summer with second degree sexual assault, but the scandals don't stop with the arrests. Appointed in December of 2017 after former president Penny quit his job, Kerry Perry resigned in September as a result of criticism surrounding her actions following the Nassar scandal. Mary Bono was appointed as president in October to replace Kerry Perry but soon resigned after a tweet surfaced of her defacing the Nike logo on her tennis shoes. The resignation of two presidents in less than two months is just the tip of the iceberg. Within the past seven months, many highly-ranked officials have left their jobs. After only three days of working for the USAG, the development coordinator Mary Lee Tracy was asked to resign after she "inappropriately contacted a [Nassar] survivor, who is also a represented plaintiff, in response to that survivor's public criticism of her." according to USAG. Back in May, USAG lost Rhonda Faehn, the head of the women's program, due to what former president Perry said was a "personnel matter that we will not discuss in detail". Drowning in scandals, the USAG doesn't redeem themselves as just recently, the tumbling head coach, Sergio Galvez, was directed to resign after a "pending investigation of a report filed at the US Center for SafeSport," USAF said but did not detail what was included in the report that fueled his resignation on Wednesday.

Though not a scandal that is in the world of Untied States politics, the unraveling of these events is quite similar to that of the Watergate scandal that took place the 1970s in the sense that there were  both efforts made to cover up actions similar to those done by high-authority figures. The outcome of the Watergate scandal was similar to that of the outcome of the post-Larry Nassar world of gymnastics as Nixon resigned from the highest position in the United States, similar to the many resignations of USAG employees. The scandal in the USAG can also be compared to the scandals going on in the White House as we speak. Every week, if not every day, new information is presented to the public regarding the many scandals in D.C in the Trump administration. Though quite confusing to the public in the sense that these scandals are so often intricately woven and hard  to follow, the releasing of new information in any scandal from the White House to the USAG is important in cycling out the bad seeds in the administration in hopes of bringing a fresh start to the organizations and offices wrapped up in foul scandals of their own doing.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/us/usa-gymnastics-fallout-post-nassar/index.html